Coldplay News

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 19, 2010 - submitted by Kathryn, United States of America Q. Does the band plan to still have the C stage on their next tour? The Oracle replies: Well you know me well enough to know that I couldn't and wouldn't reveal any future plans but what I will say is that the past couple of tours had a segment of the show set aside where the band would leave the main stage to perform for the audience

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 17, 2010 - submitted by Rebeca, Portugal Q. Aloha Mr. Oracle, My head made up a question weeks ago. I really like to read Roadie #42 and when I read "Roadie #42 and the Texas cable massacre" (or something like that) I didn't understand what happened on that video. And, though I have read that thousands of times I still don't catch it. Could you please explain it to me or am I too stupid to ge

The Sun today rounded-up Coldplay news nicely with an article that continues the Universal publishing deal theme as well as a little insight into what has been happening between recording sessions. Here's what they had to say earlier today:   Coldplay have never been in better shape - financially or physically. Except for frontman Chris Martin's ankle injury, that is, after I showed him on his holibags in the US yesterday wearing a protective boot. The band have just signed a huge publishing dea

Voting for the Digital Music Awards 2010 has opened following a one year haitus for the awards. Coldplaying.com needs your votes in the Best Fansite category. To vote for us click here. It's easy - you can either register to vote or use your existing Facebook account to vote for Coldplaying - every vote counts in the extremely competetive Fansite category - and your votes for Coldplaying are much appreciated! Please remember that you are allowed to vote each day - not just once.   We hope to bui

Coldplay has extended its publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group to cover future song writing. Financial terms or the length of the contract was not revealed. Universal has been the band’s publisher since 2007 when the music major acquired BMG Music Publishing, the group's original publisher. More on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   Caroline Elleray, current head of A&R, Universal Music Publishing U.K., had originally signed the multiple Grammy-winning four-piece

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 11, 2010 - submitted by Svenky, France Q. Hi Oracle ! It's true or not? From twitter: "Chris Martin wrote the song Yellow after a family holiday to Osaka in 1996". Thank You, Sven The Oracle replies: Yellow wasn't written until 1999 so no that's not at all true. There wasn't a family holiday in Osaka either! The twitter page you saw will have absolutely no connection to anyone in the band so

Natalie Imbruglia's latest album "Come To Life" has flopped, peaking at number 67 on the ARIA music charts, selling a meager 750 copies in its first week. The album features three co-writes with Coldplay, tracks called Lukas, Fun and Want. More discussion on the album flop is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   In February 2009, The Sun claimed that Imbruglia was collaborating with Coldplay. It was later confirmed by Chris Martin himself and people involved in the recording process that he ha

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 5, 2010 - submitted by Ethan, United States of America Q. Greetings Oracle, This message is directed at Phil or Dave, a response from either or both would be equally desirable. I have a question regarding the abysmally awful state of documentaries about Coldplay. I've seen nearly every one of them, as far as those that are available here in the U.S., and not a single one of them is of any qua

Coldplay's final video of the Viva la Vida era has been nominated for best Breakthrough Video at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). More on this is at the Coldplay forum here [thanks clisaj]   In this category Coldplay will be up against Dan Black (Symphonies), Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def (Stylo) and The Black Keys (Tighen Up). If Coldplay win this category, it will be the fourth award for the Strawberry Swing video. Back in October 2009 at the UK Music Video Awards Straw

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 2, 2010 - submitted by Helmut, Austria Q. Servus Oracle, have you experienced the same: If somebody is yawning next to you, even you're not really tired it catches you as well and you have to yawn?! Why is this? Thanks The Oracle replies: Fascinating isn't it? When I was younger I used to think that the other person yawned because the yawner had sucked their share of air with their yawn &

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 29, 2010 - submitted by Kat, Mexico Q. Dear Oracle, time ago, I read in Wikipedia that the name of Coldplay came from a poem. I been trying to find it but I'm not sure if it's right can you give me an answer please. I will be very pleased if you can tell me what poem is or if it's real or not... anyway thanks! I just love Coldplay and its music it is pure poetry. The Oracle replies: It's not on

Both AOL Radio Blog and Coldplay's official site are reporting this week that Coldplay and Lele, the singer from top Cuban band Los Van Van, collaborate on 'Clocks / Relojes,' a Cuban version of Coldplay's Top 10 hit 'Clocks,' highlighted on the Afro-Cuban relief effort album, 'Revival.'   The track is dominated by a more uplifting, Cuban mix full of conga and batá drums, trumpets and poppy piano, while Lele and Chris Martin's vocals interchange, as well as the hypnotic 'Clocks' piano melody wit

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 27, 2010 - submitted by Maggie, United States of America Q. Where is Roadie #42 and why on Earth hasn't he had an update for us in over a month? The Oracle replies: He's been keeping himself busy in London while the band have been in New York. I'm sure he'll be filling you all in with something very soon but August may be quite a quiet time so don't expect many frequent blogs just yet. July 27

The rapper and producer Swizz Beatz, who is engaged to and expecting a child with Alicia Keys, announced this week that he is producing material with Coldplay.   It has not yet been confirmed whether the song(s) will make the cut for Coldplay's LP5, but Swizz Beatz has previously worked with Coldplay three years ago on a mix called Part of the Plan so this is not the first time the two artists have combined together. More discussion on this at the Coldplay forum here [thanks mimixxx & coldpl

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 21, 2010 - submitted by Zach, United States of America Q. Hello Oracle! I was listening to the album Parachutes yesterday and realized that the songs seem to go in an order that just... fits. And it's the same for almost every other musical album. So, my question is, during some point of production, do either the band or a highly trained group of putting-music-into-order people select which ord

Former frontman for The Verve, Richard Ashcroft has been talking in an interview to The National today about Chris Martin and Coldplay in general, ahead of his most ambitious musical reinvention yet, RPA & the United Nations of Sound. Below is what they said in the online article... [thanks mimixxx]   A more unlikely celebrity friend, perhaps, is Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who introduced Ashcroft as "the best singer in the world" when they performed The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony together a

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 16, 2010 - submitted by Washington luiz, Brazil Q. Hi,dear Oracle. I was asking myself a few days ago if this song is really from Coldplay called "Bucket For A Crown" Could you talk about this song? here this a link : v=mVpuLelhM8U Thank you and forgive me for my bad English. I'm still learning. Good bye The Oracle replies: Chris performed solo in 2006 at Union Chapel in Islington as part of Me

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 15, 2010 - submitted by Nicole, United States of America Q. ORACLE. PLEASE HELP ME. This really bothers me every time I look watch my videos on my ipod. I have had the Roadie #42 blog #82 video on there since it came out. Every time I re-watch it, it bothers me because I love the Strawberry Swing remix that I hear during the video, and I can't listen to it afterwards, because I haven't found th

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 13, 2010 - submitted by Hope, United States of America Q. Would Coldplay ever do a song with Beyonce? The Oracle replies: Chris & Beyonce performed her track Halo together at the Hope For Haiti show. It is quite an emotional rendition of the song I have to say. Other than that it's not likely that the band will do a song with her. Historically they haven't really done a song as a collective

Over the weekend, Coldplay's debut album, Parachutes, celebrated the 10th anniversary since its release way back on 10th July 2000.   You can look back at our countdown to the 10 year anniversary of Parachutes at the Coldplay forum - includes Ken Nelson's interview and some video interviews. Recently added are superb video performances from Netherlands and Australia, with 2 Meter Sessies and the Big Day Out festival respectively. As part of Coldplaying's memoirs of the first album era, we also l

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 9, 2010 - submitted by Kerstin, Sweden Q. Dear all knowing Oracle! What is a hidden track? Yours sincerely, Kerstin The Oracle replies: All it means is that there's a song that isn't listen in the tracklisting of the album but rather is 'hidden'. Usually they appear at the end of the album mostly after a significant amount of time has passed so if you're listening to a CD you will miss it if yo

Hundreds of unseen early photographs of Coldplay could be published in the next few years, MusicRooms have reported, in response to the latest Art History interview posted on Coldplay's official site this week. Whether this will happen or not is uncertain, but MusicRooms are certainly pushing the cause to get the photos out into the public domain.   They write that John Hilton, close friend of guitarist Jonny Buckland (pictured), has known the band since they formed at university in London in 19

The official Coldplay site continues their series of news articles that focus on interviewing the designers of some of the artwork to their previous releases. You can discuss the artwork interviews series at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks coldplayisawesome]   Art history #2 is the Brothers and Sisters EP...   We continue our new series of interviews with the designers behind Colpdplay's single and album covers, with a look at the band's second release, Brothers & Sisters. Like their

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 5, 2010 - submitted by Margaret, United Kingdom Q. Oracle, is it true that 5th band member Phil moved to Australia for a few years? The Oracle replies: It is indeed true. He left the UK in 2002 and eventually made it to Australia where he studied Psychology. I have it on good authority that he became a fan of Mrs. Ashmead's home cooking whilst there. July 5, 2010 - submitted by Jay, United King

Coldplay have said that they are "very pleased" that BBC 6 Music has been saved from closure. The BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyon today (July 5) rejected proposals for the digital station to be shut as part of budget cuts. Let us know what you think in the World of Music forum now [thanks mc_squared]   Coldplay were one of a host of musicians who backed a campaign for the station to be saved when its proposed closure was first muted in March. In a message on coldplay.com, the band praised fa